Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners

Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners President Lori Ann Guzmán
Newly elected Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners President Lori Ann Guzmán on Monday outlined priorities for her one-year leadership term, pledging to reaffirm the Port of Long Beach’s commitments to fiscal prudence and social responsibility.

Matt Plezia selected new Director of Master Planning. Photo courtesy of the Port of Long Beach.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners recently named 17-year Harbor Department employee Matt Plezia as the new Director of Master Planning.

Courtesy of the Port of Long Beach.
The Board of Long Beach Harbor Commissioners has approved a new incentive program to reward shipping lines for taking part in testing of new air pollution-control technology for vessels.
The first to benefit from the new incentive will be vessel operators that are participating in the Port of Long Beach demonstration of a barge-mounted emissions-capture system for ships at berth.

Photo courtesy of the Port of Long Beach.
Acting to relieve cargo delivery delays, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Thursday approved the use of Port of Long Beach property as a temporary site for the storage of empty containers, which will help to free up needed equipment to move cargo out of shipping terminals faster.

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, Harbor Commissioners and senior Harbor Department staff are traveling to several Asian countries, meeting with the Port of Long Beach’s key customers to retain and bring more business to Long Beach.

Photo courtesy of the Port of Long Beach.
Diesel air pollution from ships, trucks, trains and other big machines at the Port of Long Beach has declined by 82 percent since 2005, a comprehensive air quality analysis has found.

Today the City of Long Beach announced the community review process for the Long Beach Civic Center project. Over the next few months, the City will be holding a series of meetings to review the Civic Center, review the various options, take public input, and review the proposals the City has received to construct a new Civic Center.

Mayor Robert Garcia (left) appointed environmental attorney Tracy Egoscue (center) to the Board of Harbor Commissioners on Tuesday. Jon Slangerup (right), Chief Executive of the Port joined in the announcement. Photo by Keith Lewis, Everything Long Beach.

Ten building contractors were recognized Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners for hiring the most Long Beach residents for construction jobs at the Port of Long Beach’s Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project.

Jon W. Slangerup expected to be named the Port of Long Beach’s new Chief Executive.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners is scheduled to vote Monday, June 30, to name Jon W. Slangerup, a veteran corporate executive with extensive experience in global logistics and environmental technologies, as the Port of Long Beach’s new Chief Executive.